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1 50th ANNIVERSARY 

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President, GEORGE T. ETTINGER. Ph. D. 
Vice President. DAVID A. MILLER 
Secretary, CHAS. R. ROBERTS 
Treasurer, EDWIN G. TREXLER 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

HON. FRANK M. TREXLER 
WM. L. HARTMAN 
REV. C. J. COOPER, D D. 
REV. J. B. STOUDT 
O. P. KNAUSS 



Founded, January 9, 1904 
Membership, 1 70 



SOCiFTY 




GEORGE T. ETTINGER, Ph. D., President 




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CHAS. R. ROBERTS. Secretary 



\Y/ILLIAM ALLEN, THE FOUNDER 
^ OF ALLENTOWN, WAS BORN IN 
PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 5, 1 704, THE 
SON OF WILLIAM ALLEN, MER- 
CHANT, AND HIS WIFE, MARY BUDD. 
A DISTINGUISHED BARRISTER, AND 
A SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT, HE WAS 
ELECTED MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA 
IN 1733. HE WAS CHIEF JUSTICE OF 
THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA , ^ 

FROM 1 750 TO 1 774. HE DIED AT MT. ill! 

AIRY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1780 !1 

IN 1762 THE TOWN OF ALLENTOWN, M 

FROM FOURTH TO TENTH STREETS 'M 

AND LIBERTY TO UNION STREETS, 
WAS LAID OUT UNDER HIS DIREC- 
TION, ON A TRACT OF 3,338 ACRES, ' 
ALL OF WHICH HE DEEDED TO HIS 
SON. JAMES, ON JANUARY 5, 1767 




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TAMES ALLEN, THIRD SON OF WIL- 
J LIAM ALLEN, WAS BORN IN 1742. 
HE GRADUATED FROM THE COL- 
LEGE OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1 759 AND 
STUDIED LAW AT THE TEMPLE IN 
LONDON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF 
THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY IN 
1776. HE DIED AT PHILADELPHIA. 
SEPTEMBER 19, 1778 




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M HTROUT HALL WAS BUILT BY JAMES k 

S ^ ALLEN IN 1770. IN HIS DIARY, i 

= UNDER DATE OF NOVEMBER 6, 1 770, i 

jljj HE WROTE, "TWO DAYS AGO I RE- \\ 

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M 1771, "THIS DAY I SET OFF FOR 

= TROUT HALL WITH MY WIFE AND 

^ CHILD AND MRS. LAWRENCE; THEY 

m HAVE NOT BEEN THERE SINCE I 

M FINISHED MY HOUSE" 

= ITISABOUT FORTY-FIVE FEET 

IJO SQUARE AND HAS MARBLE MAN- 

= TELS AND BLACK WALNUT WAINS- 

S COTING IN SEVERAL ROOMS. A 

||[j STONE WALL EXTENDED ALONG 

= WALNUT STREET FROM FIFTH TO 

S JORDAN STREET. IN LATER YEARS 

= AS THE RESIDENCE OF WALTER C. 

HI! LIVINGSTON IT WAS KNOWN AS 
S THE LIVINGSTON MANSION 

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ANNE PENN ALLEN, ELDEST 
^^ DAUGHTER OF JAMES ALLEN, 
WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, FEB- 
RUARY 19, 1769. SHE HAS BEEN DE- 
SCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST 
SPLENDID BEAUTIES THIS COUNTRY 
HAS PRODUCED -A BRUNETTE WITH 
A WARM, HIGH COLOR AND AUBURN 
HAIR. GILBERT STUART PAINTED 
THREE PORTRAITS OF HER, WHICH 
THACKERAY EXCEEDINGLY AD- 
MIRED. SHE MARRIED JAMES 
GREENLEAF IN 1800, AND DIED AT 
ALLENTOWN, SEPTEMBER 21, 1851 





ANNE PENN ALLEN 




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